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National Information Exchange Model

James Feagans & Michael DacontaNIEM Project Manager

GLOBAL ADVISORY COMMITTEEBRIEFING

October 20, 2005

NIEM Evolution

Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative– National commitment to sharing critical information across this

diverse national landscape.– Global and DOJ have committed considerable time and energy

making national justice information sharing a reality. NIEM seeks to capture the benefits of this considerable

effort and expand under the current MOA– Expansion shall include Law enforcement and broader justice

exchanges (focus of the GJXDM), Public safety and Homeland security related exchanges.

NIEM Goal – Ultimately, in a few years, the technical framework that emerges

will allow agencies across all levels of government and groups to adopt the NIEM approach making it a true national model for the full range of information sharing activities within the United States.

NIEM Transition

Add Content

Increase User Base

Re-engineerTechnical Architecture

Broaden Governance

Expand Collaboration

Harmonize

Re-Work Process

NIEM Pilots

Review and Comment

NIEM Governance – The Impossible Challenge?

Governance is HARD!

Governance that includes a heavy IT component is even harder.

Governance on a National scale that respects and accommodates the diversity of organizational entities, communities of interests, jurisdictions, levels and branches of government is unprecedented and almost impossible.

But, we are not shy about trying to do the impossible; and this is our task.

NIEM Governance Model

*Full governance structure prior to implementation is not feasible.

Incremental Governance Model Development

Grow and evolve as the NIEM matures and as the diversity of organizations and exchanges grows.

Component based/ modular governance structure that supports pieces can be swapped out or added as needed.

The GJXDM and NIEM models suggest an approach.

Governance Development Focus

Focus only on specific business problems (specific information exchange)– Identify a business problem and the desired outcome.– For example: Identification of a small number of key exchanges of

information desired by the Communities of Interest (the business problem)

Focus on the minimal set of processes necessary to solve the problem

Information Exchange Pilot projects would provide the business problem sets– Enrich the governance process with subsequent information

exchange pilots

NIEM Pilot Approach

Start small– Limit the number of information exchanges, organizations, domains, etc.)

• Identify two or three pilot information sharing projects and focus on developing the structures necessary to make those pilots succeed.

• This practical, business case focused approach will force people to focus on “just enough governance” to get the job done.

Exchange pilot selection– Carefully selected to reflect the diversity of organizations currently

participating in these efforts.

Identified exchange pilots– Intelligence Community: Terrorist Watchlist Person Data Exchange

Standard (TWPDES)– DHS, Disaster Management: The National Capital Region Data Exchange

Hub for first responders. (Initial focus is resource inventory, availability and request.)

– Global Justice - Passing warrant information

Exchange Pilot Approach Summary

TWPDES offers the opportunity to solve a business problem.

It extends the ability to share terrorist information (in a narrow scope) to state, local, and tribal councils (or, it gets info to the cop on the beat and first responders).

Solution for the business problem: – Produce the Information Exchange Packages (IEPs) necessary to

facilitate the key exchanges of information associated with the business problem (technical solution).

Governance is one enabling process to solve the problem Our goal is "just enough Governance" to solve the problem. We will enrich the Governance process with subsequent

pilots.

NIEM Governance Structure

• Leadership

• Vision

• Capacity to implement

• Commitment to collaborate

• Overall direction

• Leadership

• Vision

• Capacity to implement

• Commitment to collaborate

• Overall direction

Technical spec preparationTesting / proof of conceptModel change managementStandards AdoptionTechnical assist and outreach

Technical spec preparationTesting / proof of conceptModel change managementStandards AdoptionTechnical assist and outreach

Define what to accomplishDefine business processOrganize/manage workBusiness plan and executionManage changePolicy and legal checkStrategic technical alignment

Define what to accomplishDefine business processOrganize/manage workBusiness plan and executionManage changePolicy and legal checkStrategic technical alignment

CreateVisionCreateVision

MeasurePerformance

MeasurePerformance

Oversee& ValidateOversee

& Validate

OrganizeVision

OrganizeVision

ExecuteExecute

Level 1Executive Steering Committee

ESC

Level 2Project Management Council

PMC

Level 3NIEM Technical Committee

NTC

Value Chain

CIO or equivalent

Practioners, SMEs,

engineers,

Program Managers, etc

NIEM Core (a collection of namespaces)

Healthnamespace

Healthnamespace

Transportation namespace

Transportation namespace

Homeland Security namespace

Homeland Security namespace

Justicenamespace

Justicenamespace

Universal namespaceUniversal

namespace

Common namespaceCommon

namespace

StructuresnamespaceStructuresnamespace

BloodTypeCode

BloodTypeCodeType

Governed by XSTF-like committees that coordinate and cooperate with NIEM TC

NIEM Participants: (1) Bring domain content to NIEM(2) Conform to NIEM NDR(3) Agree to NIEM governance

policies and procedures(4) Participate in NIEM governance

Core: joint governance through NIEM

Requires central governance and reconciliation; but relatively stable

The minimally supported set for all participating domains;universally understood; very

stable; minimal or no subsetting

Where the tiger teams operate

Domainspecific

Core

National Information Exchange Model

National Information Exchange Model

NIEM Core (a collection of namespaces)

Healthnamespace

Healthnamespace

Transportation namespace

Transportation namespace

Homeland Security namespace

Homeland Security namespace

Justicenamespace

Justicenamespace

Universal namespaceUniversal

namespace

Common namespaceCommon

namespace

StructuresnamespaceStructuresnamespace

BloodTypeCode

BloodTypeCodeType

Domainspecific

Core

XSFTGovernance

XSFTGovernance

XSTF “like”GovernanceXSTF “like”Governance

DomainGovernance

DomainGovernance

DomainGovernance

DomainGovernance

NIEM Common Governance

NIEM Common Governance

NIEM Universal Governance

NIEM Universal Governance

NIEM Timeline

RC

2005 2006

3.1a/b RC + NDR

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

GJXDM

NIEM

……………………………………………………….…………….……………….0.2 NIEM Tools 1.0

Formal governance in place governance planning

1.0 RC

NIEM Tools 1.n

3.0.3

Interim NIEM governance

………….……………………………………………………………………………..0.3 1.0NIEM 0.1

Based on refactoredGJXDM 3.0.3

Based on refactoredGJXDM 3.0.3

NIEM workshops (in Jan and May) digest feedback collected by conference calls and NIEM Configuration Control Tool

NIEM workshops (in Jan and May) digest feedback collected by conference calls and NIEM Configuration Control Tool

Gather, analyze, vet, insert new content

Analyze dependencies, refactor, partition

Pilot agencies test NIEM .1, .2, … .n and feedback

RC = Release Candidate

0.2

Domain groups use component mapping template (CMT) to consolidate and vet

new content inputs.

Domain groups use component mapping template (CMT) to consolidate and vet

new content inputs.

NIEM 1.n 1.n RC.xls

Spreadsheet marks GJXDM for NIEM partitioning

Spreadsheet marks GJXDM for NIEM partitioning

Begin to buildtest msgs

Begin to buildtest msgs

SSGT 0.1

New features in NIEM 0.2 based on GJXDM 3.1(NOT dependent on

XSTF approval of 3.1)

New features in NIEM 0.2 based on GJXDM 3.1(NOT dependent on

XSTF approval of 3.1)

Tools toward an IEPD Tool

3.1.1a/b

feedback feedback

NIEM Public Website:http://www.niem.gov

Reviewing and providing Feedback on NIEM Deliverables– NIEM 0.n Releases

• Technical Architecture• Content

– Functional ConOps– Interim Governance Plan– NIEM NDR– Other Deliverables

Participating on NIEM Workings, Committees, and Tiger Teams

Establishing a NIEM Pilot Project– Developing and implementing NIEM

exchange messages– Technology Evaluation– Adding Content

Shaping NIEM 1.0